Last Week in Review: June 19th to June 25th

Monday, June 19th:

• Star Wars (Sega 1993) added to the arcade floor.
  

  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  

  
  

GALLOPING GHOST ARCADE NOW HAS 600 GAMES!

Special thanks to Danny’s Pizza for the fast delivery of the pizza we offered free for all guests on this milestone day!

• Fred DeHart set the Aurcade World Record in DoDonPachi: 72,442,320
• Jamie Tibbetts set the Aurcade World Record in DoDonPachi II – Bee Storm: 1,099,301,680

Tuesday, June 20th:

• Peter Gorz set the Aurcade High Score in Star Wars Arcade: 38,834

Thursday, June 22nd:

• Question 1: Name the first game that was 100% working and on the arcade floor at the Galloping Ghost Arcade?
  • No correct answers! 1942 was the first game we put on the floor.
• Question 2: Name four arcade games that have black and white monitors that you can play here at the Galloping Ghost Arcade
  • Congrats to Steven Lucas for his answers of Asteroids, Rip Off, Lunar Lander, Night Driver. We would have also accepted
    Death Race, Circus, Star Castle, Battlezone, Red Baron or Space Invaders

Friday, June 23rd:

• Night Slashers is now in a dedicated 2-player cabinet with marquee, side art, bezel, and control panel, and a new 25 inch monitor
  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  
  
• Raudel Cantu set the Aurcade World Record in Gradius III: 379,310
• Chris Plachy set the Aurcade World Record in Eightman: 270,100
• James White set the Aurcade High Score in Bubbles: 841,060

Saturday, June 24th:

• Steven Lucas set the Aurcade World Record in NAM 1975: 406,000

Sunday, June 25th:

• Steven Lucas set the Aurcade World Record in Viewpoint: 250,230
• Mark Wilson set the Aurcade World Record in Battle Shark: 4,559,490
• Pete Hahn set the Aurcade World Record in Night Slashers: 389,100
• Steven Lucas set the Aurcade World Record in Granny and the Gators: 198,250
• Steven Lucas set the Aurcade World Record in The Real Ghostbusters: 950,100

Last Week in Review: June 12th to June 18th

Monday, June 12th:

• Baby Pac-Man and Granny and the Gators added to the arcade floor
  

  

  

  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  

  

  

  
  
• Jamie Tibbetts set the Aurcade World Record in Dodonpachi II – Bee Storm: 953,878,140
• Fred DeHart set the Aurcade High Score in Gauntlet II: 36,710

Tuesday, June 13th:

KOMBAT KON RETURNS

• Mases Hagopian set the Aurcade High Score in Granny and the Gators: 98,740
• Pete Hahn set the Aurcade World Record in King of the Monsters 2: 133,290

Wednesday, June 14th:

• Check out this interview with ack from MGC 2017

Thursday, June 15th:

• QUESTION 1: Name 5 trackball games you can play at the Galloping Ghost Arcade.
  • A: James White was the first to answer with these five titles: crystal Castles, Reactor, Centipede, Millipede, and Marble Madness!
• QUESTION 2: Name four members of Team GGA that represented us by playing Mortal Kombat (2011).
  • A: No one had the correct answer for this one. We would have accepted:
    Soonk, Han, Jeremiah, 16Bit, Dizzy, Medina, Moe, Fill Pops, Slips, Wafflez, or PPJ!

• ESWAT has been upgraded to an original dedicated Dynamo cabinet with new cabinet art.
  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  
  

Friday, June 16th:

• Gradius IV is back up and running. We restored and rewrote ROM chips, and soldered on a new battery for the RTC chip. Expect major repairs to several games in the near future.
  

  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  

  
  
• Thanks to Q*bert creator legend Jeffrey Lee for bringing in this Chicago Tribune newspaper clipping from May 5th, 1982 about Tim Skelly, creator of games like Reactor, Armor Attack, Star Castle, Rip Off, and many others!
  

  

  
  
• Galloping Ghost Arcade mugs are back in stock! Get them while they last!
  

  

  
  
• Cabinet Repairs
  • Xevious and Black Widow had joystick issues fixed
  • Gauntlet: Dark Legacy got a new marquee
  • Super Street Fighter X Grand Master Challenge got all new Cherry D44X microswitches. Thanks to Paradise Arcade Shop
  • Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper got a new Naomi IO Board, fixing input issues

• Fred DeHart set the Aurcade High Score in Super Punch Out!!: 279,280

Saturday, June 17th:

• John Holton set the Aurcade World Record in The Real Ghostbusters: 640,500
• Pete Hahn set the Aurcade World Record in King of the Monsters: 188,070

Last Week in Review: June 5th to June 11th

Monday, June 5th: 

• Darius added to the arcade floor
  

  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  

  
  
• Zaxxon and Super Zaxxon are now in separate cabinets
  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  
  

   

• Raudel Cantu set that Aurcade World Record in Gradius III: 364,740
• Chris Plachy set the Aurcade World Record in Metal Slug 4: 2,093,300
• Chris Plachy set the Aurcade High Score in Reactor: 37,712

Tuesday, June 6th: 

• Cabinet Upgrades
  • New monitors in Bomb Jack, Congo Bongo, and Judge Dread
  • New marquee in Hydro Thunder

• Fred DeHart set the Aurcade High Score in Super Punch Out: 241,040
• Jamie Tibbetts set the Aurcade High Score in Viewpoint: 246,750
• Bryan Schillo set the Aurcade World Record in Final Fight: 3,016,760

Thursday, June 8th:

• We found a new, seemingly undiscovered set of roms for the recently added game Q*Berts Qubes. The game plays horizontally instead of vertically. New art for the title screen and attract mode.  It was in a factory cabinet with all original art work, a horizontal monitor and it was on an original Gottlieb PCB. Hopefully we will have more information on it in the future
  

  

  

  

  
  

   

• TRIVIA THURSDAY: Be the first to answer trivia about the arcade and arcade history for a prize!
  • Q: Who won the first T20?
    • A: Zerst won the first T20: Congrats to Tim Foley
  • Q: Name five, three player games that we have on the arcade floor?
    • A: Congrats to Geoff Lucas for his answer: Ghostbusters, 3 Stooges, Rampage, Xenophobe and Mercs. We also have Alien Storm, Power drive, Judge Dredd (prototype), Rampage World Tour, Moonwalker, Gain Ground, Hot Rod, Pit-Fighter, Rampart, Laser Ghost, Ironman Ivan Stewart’s Super Off Road, Sega Sonic The Hedgehog

Saturday, June 10th:

• Pete Hahn set the Aurcade World Record in Darius: 5,316,430
• James White sets the Aurcade High Score in Q*Bert’s Qubes: 252,525
• Sean Roslon set the Aurcade High Score in In the Hunt: 347,300

Sunday, June 11th:

• George Spanos set the Aurcade World Record in Super High Impact: 92

Last Week in Review: May 29th to June 4th

Monday, May 29th:

• Reactor added to the arcade floor
  

  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  

  
  

   

• Steven Lucas set the Aurcade High Score in Gauntlet 2: 34,497
• Fred DeHart set the Aurcade High Score in Ironclad: 278,000
• Chris Plachy set the Aurcade World Record in Metal Slug 4: 1,458,030
• Peter Gorz set the Aurcade High Score in Reactor: 35,186
• Steven Lucas set the Aurcade World Record in Viewpoint: 229,530

Tuesday, May 30th:

• Matt Walters set the Aurcade World Record in DoDonPachi: 64,380,380

Wednesday, May 31st:

• New Dark Presence T-shirts are for sale at the arcade! The Dark Presence looms…
  

  

  
  

• We always offer help to people on arcade repairs. Last week we had Tim Foley working on his power supply and sound board for his Q*bert cocktail table.
  

  

  
  
• Improved the old side art on R-type with just a heat gun and a block roller.
  

  

  

  

  
  
• Galloping Ghost Gamer Profile: Tim Foley
  
• Pete Hahn set the Aurcade World Record in Warzard: 272,500

Thursday, June 1st:

• TRIVIA THURSDAY: Be the first to answer trivia about the arcade and arcade history for a prize!
  • Question 1: How many working arcade games did we open with?
    • The correct answer is 130. No one correctly guessed it.
  • Question 2: Name four, four player games released from Konami that we have on the arcade floor?
    • Crime Fighters, TMNT, Simpsons, Sunset Riders as guessed by Michael Dietrich! We also have Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Turtles in Time, Cowboys of Moo Mesa, Metamorphic Force, Captain Commando, X-Men or Bucky O’Hare!
• Fred DeHart set the Aurcade High Score in Super Punch Out: 223,810

Friday, June 2nd:

• Thanks to Arcade Collectors Bradley Czech & Tony Swann for stopping by the arcade. Check out Bradley’s Silver Coin Arcade page and LIKE it!
  

  

  
  
• Matt Walters set the Aurcade World Record in Night Driver: 1,243

Saturday, June 3rd:

Sunday, June 4th:

• James White set the GGA House High Score in Phoenix: 287,581